Usually means: Tumbling move, head over heels.
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  1. forward roll: Collins English Dictionary
  2. forward roll: Wiktionary
  3. Forward roll: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. forward roll: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. forward roll: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Forward roll: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (forward roll)

▸ noun:  (gymnastics) A movement in which one's body is rolled forward, by putting the head on the ground and swinging the legs over the head.

Similar:
forwards roll, roll, barrel roll, backflip, death roll, backroll, rollover, reroll, flyaway, rolling scissors, more...

Opposite:
backward roll, reverse roll

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Similar:
forwards roll, roll, barrel roll, backflip, death roll, backroll, rollover, reroll, flyaway, rolling scissors, more...

Opposite:
backward roll, reverse roll



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